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Completely anecdotal but i saw friends who moved on to long term use of "skunk" in the UK change a lot. They never kept up with the pack or reached close to their potential and ended up drifting away from the friendship group.

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When you say "potential" and "screwed with minds", what do you mean? They decided that career and kids and a two bed semi weren't the most important things in life?

I fell there was a correlation between the use of this heavier strain of cannabis and still not having a job at 28 years old.

There's a reason "correlation does not equal causation" is such a popular heuristic.

Maybe so, but i did prefaced my comment with "Completely anecdotal"

I can only speak for a sample size of 3 people out of 40.

I've smoked pretty much daily since I was 23 - started a business, grew it to a £3M+ turnover over a decade, sold out 18 months ago.

Correlate all you like, but if it's causative, then I need to disappear in a puff of logic.

Congratulations on your success and survivor bias Madaxe.

Just my personal experience: it messes with my concentration and short term memory. For at least a few days after smoking, I'd be less effective at work. Some complicated things that I'd usually be able to do just becomes out of reach.

another valid perspective: it was you and your retrospectively selected "friendship group", who drifted away from those people.

Sounds like you have a one-dimensional view of change and potential.

I have nothing against cannabis, i support its legalization. This stuff was marketed as particularly potent and really screwed with peoples minds after long term use.

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